Egg-preservation process and product thereof



' 1,639,54 Aug. 16, 1927. v I A J. BELLAMY 9 EGG PRESERVATIONPROCESS AND PRODUCT THEREOF File d Sept. 2. 1925 ATWIMEKS 1 Patented Aug. 16,1927 p UNITED STATES.

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ARCHIBALD JOHN BELLAMY, orwonvnnnmr'ron, ENGLAND, nssrenon, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO EGG PATENTS LIMITED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, A GOIBJIE'OIRA- TION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

EGG-PRESERVATION PROCESS AND PBDDUCT THEREOF.

' Application filed September 2, 1925, Serial No. 54,148, and in great Britain I Kay 13, 1925 of preserving them from deterioration during this period be employed if they are to be lit for food when they reach the consumer. Heretofore the yolks of eggs have been removed from the shell and separated from the albumen and subsequently prevserved by means of boric acid, but this is considered objectionable by medical ofiicers of health and many members of the medi- I cal profession.

The object of the present invention therefore is to provide av harmless and effective meansof'preserving either the whole egg (after its removal from the shell) or only the yolk in a condition that will enable it tobe used for the same purposes as a fresh have found that glycerine isa suitable preservative if added to eggs'and the mixtureevaporated until it has the consistency of a pasty mass. Eggs treated in this way may be preserved for a considerable time in a condition from which they may be recon I stituted when required'nfor use by the addition of the proper proportion of water. Alternatively the preserved eggs may be mixed with any other suitable liquid or 5 vehicle. Y

Y condition that enables it to be reconstituted affect its flavour.

' The artial evaporation may be efl'ected bysub ectin the mixture to the action of dry air to w ich it may be exposed in shallow trays. .Or heat may be employed to eliminate the desired quantity of water but the temperature should not be so' high as to coagulate the albumen or otherwise injure the material treated. Or the evaporation may be carried out at a low temperature in vacuo.

According to the present invention the glycerine mixed with the eggs preserves the residue (after the roper amount of the aqueous constituent as been removed) in a by the addition of an e uivalent amount of water which is imposslb e after the albumen has been allowed to coagulate.

The glycerine contained in the reconsti tuted egg is quite harmless and does not device 1: of known kind for are slid along I have found that satisfactory results are obtained when from 2%% to 15% of glycerine is used, but I may use other proportions according to the amount of water in the whole egg or yolk. I

I will now proceed to more particularly by theline 22 in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a detail showing an end view of one of the trays.

In carrying out the improved process, the

-shells of the eggs are first removed and 10% of glycerine (which proportion may be varied as circumstances require) is added to the remainder of the eggs or the yolks alone. These are thoroughly mixed together in a mixing machine of any known kind.

The mixture is then poured into shallow trays (a which may be stacked one above the other so that dry air (preferably warmed) may pass between them.

These trays may have two deep sides 6 'pas's during the evaporating process.

Recesses f are formed in the opposite allow walls of the well adjacent to the s sides of the trays to connect the spaces '9 above the tray a of each pair on one side and toconnect the space above the upper tray of each pair with the space above the lower tray-of the pair above it on the other side so that dry air derived fromany convenient source hmay pass successively through the spaces 9 between all the trays in the well and finally away through the flue i.

to space them apart and be provided with" The air may pass through any suitable I mg 1t. 4

According to the arrangementshown in the drawings, the trays a after being filled the table I on to the sides 7) of the top tray in the well 6 through which they-are lowered at a rate that will give time for the desired amount of moisture to be removed from the contents of each when it reaches the delivery table m at the bottom rying and heatof the well. I have found that satisfactory results are obtained when the quantity of water removed is such as to leave from 25% to 35% (by weight) in the residue. (not shown) may be provided in the walls of the well 6 to enable access to be had to the trays for the purpose of agitating their contents and inspection during the process of evaporation.

Any suitable means of lowering the column of trays may be employed such as a rising and falling table it actuated by a screw 0. M

After the column has been lowered the tray above the bottom one is supported at the bottom of the well a by one or more bolts or any other suitable means (not shown) while the lowest tray is withdrawn from the bottom of the column, whercaftcr thetable is again raised into a position to support the column of trays.

WVhen smaller quantities of eggs are to be treated the mixture maybe exposed to still dry air in shallow trays and occasionally agitated.

In a temperature of 65 Fahr. the desired amount of evaporation may be obtained in two or three days.

I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the hereinbefore described means of evaporation which may be effected in vacuo or by any known means.

Doors I claim: I

1. A process for the preservation of eggs consisting of removing the shells and mixing the remainder with from 2 to 15% of glycerine and evaporating the mixture until the residue contains not more than (by weight) of moisture, substantially as described. y

2. A process for the preservation of egg yolks comprising the mixing thereof wit from 2 to 15% of glycerine and concentrating the mixture until it has the consistency of a pasty mass substantially as described.

3. A process for the preservation of egg yolks comprising the mixing thereof with i from A to 15% of glycerine and dehydrating the mixture to at least such degree as to concentrate the mixture to a pasty mass.

4. A product comprising egg material associated with glycerine and dehydrated to at least such-degree as to be concentrated to a past mass, and characterized by the fact that t e glycerine is mixed, in proportions of from 2 to 15%, with the egg material prior to dehydration.

In testimony whereof, I have signed in name to this specification at 61 and 62,

Chancery Lane, London, this 29th day of July, 1925.

ABCHIBALD JOHN BELLAMY. 

